While we are all focused on the future and what games are set to come out, it’s nice to also look back at the games of yesteryear and remember fondly about great gaming experiences. This isn’t a post about the games themselves, but more importantly, the commercials that persuaded many of us to check out each individual game. Commercials now are great, but they lack that certain innocence and humor of some of these real gems. Plus, these old school videos seemed to have more effort behind them, with more than just gameplay being used to sell the product.
Last week we showed you eight incredible PlayStation commercials in part one. Now we’re back with ten more in what is part two of the best PS1 commercials.
Crash Bandicoot 2 – 1997
Developer: Naughty Dog
Publisher: Sony Computer Entertainment
Jet Moto 2 – 1997
Developer: SingleTrac
Publisher: Sony Computer Entertainment
WWF Smackdown! – 2000
Developer: Yuke’s
Publisher: THQ
Spyro the Dragon – 1998
Developer: Insomniac Games
Publisher: Sony Computer Entertainment
Colin McRae Rally – 1998
Developer: Codemasters
Publisher: Sony Computer Entertainment America, Codemasters
A Bug’s Life – 1998
Developer: Traveller’s Tales
Publisher: Sony Computer Entertainent
MediEvil – 1998
Developer: Sony Computer Entertainment Cambridge Studio
Publisher: Sony Computer Entertainment
WipEout – 1999
Developer: Psygnosis
Publisher: Psygnosis
Bugs Bunny: Lost in Time
Developer: Behaviour Interactive
Publisher: Infogrames
What do you think? Kind of cool to take a trip back to your youth (although, now I feel really old). Look for part three in the coming days, with some great ones like NFL GameDay 99, Metal Gear Solid, and several other surprises. Let us know in the comments what you thought of the commercials, and if any of them convinced you to try out their respective games all those many moons ago!
